The Postgraduate Certificate of Environmental Management & Practice course provides opportunities for professionals who have graduated with a natural resource management and environmental science/management degree to add to their qualifications and experience by extending their knowledge in environmental management.  The course is designed for professionals who require the skills and knowledge to integrate environmental planning, environmental management systems and monitoring into the broader decision-making of their organisations.  The course covers the areas of environmental management systems, environmental impact assessment, planning and monitoring set in the context of our major ecosystems, and emphasises the global, regional and local nature of environmental issues.

Note: the Postgraduate Certificate is also an exit point for the Master and Postgraduate Diploma of Environmental Management & Practice.

Normal admission requirement is a degree in biological/environmental science, natural resource management or environmental management. 

Students must have access to a computer capable of accessing the Internet, and CDROM technology.

The course is a professional Postgraduate Certificate degree consisting of three units which can be completed over one semester of full-time or equivalent part-time study. The units are as follows: